Water Snipe Kachina

This elegant Water Snipe Kachina, or Patszro, is carved from a single piece of cottonwood root and hand-painted by Hopi artist D’Armon Kootswatewa. A traditional Runner Kachina, Patszro symbolizes speed, agility, and the sacred presence of water. Known for challenging runners in ceremonial races, this figure is believed to help bring rain and promote a bountiful harvest.

Patszro is associated with the water bird known as the snipe, which frequents wetlands and marshy areas—symbolizing life-giving water, a central element in Hopi cosmology. Because water is so precious in the arid Southwest, any being connected to water, like the Water Snipe, is revered.

10.5” Doll Height, 12.75” Overall Height